Colfax News

Ernest Chelette was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at his residence located at 1506 Dartigo Road, Colfax, La.

Kevin Boyle has high praise in this week's New York Times Book Review for former TNR editor Charles Lane's new book, The Day Freedom Died .

Jeremiah Munsen , 18, of Colfax, Louisiana admitted in court on Friday that he placed two nooses on the back of his pickup truck on September 20. via HipHopDx

“There's no agreed-upon sentence”

A Colfax teenager pleaded guilty Friday to a federal hate crime - using nooses to threaten marchers after the "Jena Six" rally last year, prosecutors said. via Times-Picayune

Posted: Updated: A Louisiana teenager facing a felony hate crime charge related to a "Jena Six" rally last year will instead plead guilty to a lesser crime. via KSLA-TV Shreveport

“It was something students in my class always had a strong reaction to”

MELROSE -- LeeAnna Keith spoke with six women gathered for a luncheon Saturday at a bed and breakfast near Melrose Plantation. via News-Star

The U.S. attorney involved in the 'Jena Six' case, along with a national Justice Department prosecutor, on Tuesday received a 'Jefferson Muzzle' -- a dubious achievement from a national First Amendment ... via News-Star

“We don't have a way to raise money to equalize the salary. We have no tax base”

BATON ROUGE - From whether teachers in rural parishes should receive more state pay to whether scientific creationism should be included in school curriculums, education issues will be a major point of ... via The Shreveport Times

By Alan Quartemont - Jambalaya & Midday News Anchor A Grant Parish man is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered last evening. via KALB-TV Alexandria

Brandon Crabtree, of Dry Prong, La. is charged with Obscenity. A female victim had pulled into the parking lot of a church trying to determine directions to a location she was headed. via KALB-TV Alexandria

From Grant Parish, 3 teenagers have been arrested in connection with a couple of different burglaries. via KALB-TV Alexandria

LeeAnna Keith documents the Colfax Massacre of April 13, 1873 in which 150 black-Republican militia members were killed by white supremacists in Colfax, Louisiana. via Book TV

The nation - heck, even Louisiana - has turned its back on cockfighting, the macabre blood sport for sick people and soon-to-be dead or injured birds. via News-Star

The Louisiana Supreme Court today revoked the probation and suspended a state district judge in Grant Parish who had been cited for abusing alcohol. via KLFY-TV Lafayette

“This activity is clearly illegal and we have no choice.”

HONOLULU -- A man smuggling cockfighting knives into the United States was charged Thursday under a new federal law that cracks down on animal cruelty. via The Shreveport Times

By Alan Quartemont - Jambalaya & Midday News Anchor A Colfax man is dead following a fire at a mobile home Saturday afternoon. via KALB-TV Alexandria

“Mr. Stapleton has been a threat to public safety for many years”

COLFAX - A Dry Prong man who prosecutors say has been arrested 14 times for drunk driving could face as many as 30 years in prison for a fourth-offense driving while intoxicated conviction. via The Daily Advertiser

“It is a violation of federal law to intimidate, oppress, injure or threaten people because of their race and because those people are exercising and enjoying rights guaranteed and protected by the laws and Constitution of the United States”

A Colfax, La., man who allegedly drove his pickup truck with a pair of nooses hanging from the back bumper past a group of black civil rights marchers, was indicted on federal hate crime and conspiracy charges, ... via KATC-TV Lafayette

By Farrah Reyna - Anchor 6 & 10 Molly Jahncke-Public Relations/ Delgado Community College Due to an explosion early in the morning of Dec. via KALB-TV Alexandria

“It would have been sad my wife is the only one working it would have been hard on her so I'm very proud what he did for my kids.”

Since there was no snow Santa Claus delivered toys riding in a Grant Parish Sheriff's cruiser It was the biggest toy drive in the thirteen years Sheriff Pop Hataway has been putting it on. via KALB-TV Alexandria